Scaptognathus triunguis Bartsch, 1991

Abé, Hiroshi, 2021, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Lohmannellinae (Acari: Trombidiformes Halacaridae) with morphological comparisons among genera, Zootaxa 4980 (2), pp. 201-255 : 236

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4889642

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scientific name

Scaptognathus triunguis Bartsch, 1991
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Scaptognathus triunguis Bartsch, 1991

Diagnosis. Glp-1 not distinct. Ds-2 on membranous cuticle. PE with 1 dorsal seta. GA bipartite in female. Female with 6 Pgs. Tr I–IV with 0-0-1-1 setae; Bf I–IV with 2-1-2-2 setae; Tf I–IV with 2-2-1-1 setae, without Bp setae; Gn I–IV with 5-4-2-2 setae, 2-0-?-0 Bp setae; Tb I–IV with 6-5-5-5 setae, 3-2-?-2 Bp setae; Ta I–IV with 3-3-3-3 dorsal setae, 1-0-0-0 Bp setae. Lc I smooth. Median claw large. Idiosoma length 192 in female (holotype). Gnathosoma length 172 in female (holotype). Ratio of gnathosoma to idiosoma 0.90 in female (holotype). Ratio of P-2 to P-1 2.50 in female (holotype).

Remarks. This species is distinguished from congeners by its large median claw. Single female is known.

Habitat. Intertdal zone: Coarse sediment of upper shore.

Distribution. North Pacific Ocean: Cape d’Aguilar ( Hong Kong) [ China].

References. Abé & Green (1994), Bartsch (1991a, 1994c).

Depository. ZIZMH.

Abe, H. & Green, J. (1994) A new species of the genus Scaptognathus (Acari: Halacaridae) from Tasmania. Acta Arachnologica, 43, 169 - 178.

Bartsch, I. (1991 a) Arenicolous Halacaridae (Acari) from Hong Kong. Asian Marine Biology, 8, 57 - 75.

Bartsch, I. (1994 c) Arachnoidea, Acari, Halacaridae. In: Zong-guo, H. (Ed.), Marine species and their distributions in China's seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing, pp. 482 - 484.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

SubOrder

Prostigmata

SuperFamily

Halacaroidea

Family

Halacaridae

SubFamily

Lohmannellinae

Genus

Scaptognathus